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In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. At least a dozen people were injured, two of them critically, according to police. (AP Photo/Snapchat) /AP

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Close to 100,000 Italians visited the Los Angeles-area last year, and tourism officials say it’s unlikely they will be scared away after an Italian on her honeymoon was killed in this weekend’s hit-and-run in Venice.

The death of 32-year-old Alice Gruppioni generated worldwide headlines. She had been married for only two weeks when she was struck by a car on the Venice boardwalk. Her new husband – and 14 others – were also injured.